Box-fastener.



A. HOVORKA.

BOX FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNBI'I, 1913 1,089,708. Patented Mar.10,1914,

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ANTON I'IOVORKA, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IBDX-FASTENER menace.

Application filed June 17. 1913.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Serial No. 774,231.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, i. ETON llovoium, a citizen of the United States,residingat Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful .lmprovernents tin BoX-liastencrs, ofwhich the following is; a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for fastening down thelid of crates; and other boxes. and its object is to provide a simpleand ellicient fastening: which will securely hold. the lid (.lUSGt...said :t'antening being constrturted to permit the application of a sealor pad-lock.

In order that; the invention may be better understood, reference is hadto the accompanying drawings, in which-* Il ignre 1 in a perspectiveview oil a crate comp ied with the :liaatening device. big. 9 is a crosssection of the crate on the line 2--2 ct hit 1. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveView ot the 1'? hing member. Fig. -11. is a perspective view oi thekeeper for the 'l'aslening member. ltig. is a section on the line 5 of:liig. 2.

l teiterring specifically to the dra tinge, the walls of the crate aresolid panels: a.-;sembled and fastened together in any suitable manner.The panel for-tiling the front wall of the crate is cmnetructed ofboards 5 nailed or stapled to top and bottom strips (3 and 7,respectively, ext-ending throughout the entire length of the panel. saidStripe being on the outer face of the panel. The crate has hiitag'ed lidcomposed of bearer-s or strips ti nailed or stapled to front and rearEitt'lllb 9 and 10, respectively, ex "idinn tln'ouglmut; the entiregg'l'h at the lid, 5 let'ripn being on the top oi the boards. Tilidwaybetween its ends, the 'irtmt strip 9 is ut away at its front edge toterm a recess 11, and on the top surface of the board 8, expos-eed bysaid recess, in mounted a metal plate 19 having an upward bend til atone end to engage the rear edge of the strip, and a downward bend lot atthe opposite end to engage the trout edge of said board. The plate 12has an upstanding car 15 provided with a periloration 16.

".he car may be struck up "from the plate.

Between the top strip 6 and the middle board 5 of the front wall of thecrate is mounted a stem 17 having lateral bends and 19, respectively, atits ends, said bends being in opposite directions and forming hooks. Thefaces of the parts 5 and 6 may be grooved to 'fOlltl a seat for thestem, the latter being rotatable tor a purpose to be presentlydescribed. in the strip 6 is an aperture 20 into which the bend 18extends. 'lo fasten the lid down, the stem 1! 1H rotated until the bendit) extends across the top oi. the plate It) alongside the car 155. Thebend It) has an aperture 531 which registers with the pt-rl'oratimi it;when the parts are in this position. so that a 8021i or shackle ot' apadlock may he passed through. the registering aperture and pertorationto lock the lid.

(in one side of the car 15 the plate 12 has a protulan'am'e or upwardbulge 52 over which the part it) must be chapped before it comesalongside the tongue. this will hold the part it) from swinging bark oilthe plate '12. it a seal or padlock is; not need and the lid will besecurely held closed. lhe lid can be easily released by simply swing ingthe part l ll back sulliciently to clear the plate 12. The bend it) inresilient. so that it, may be snapped over the bulge '22 as described.

'lwo small triangular tongues 23 are punched downward out of the platel).and when said plate is mounted on the board 8, the ton 'ue;-- aredriven into said board, whereby an additional Fastening; meana for theplate is provided. and rattling; and looncning' oil the same isprevented.

l claim:

ft, box having a lim ed lid. a. strip extending lengthwise acrosa theforward portion ot' the lid and having its front edge recessed. a platemounted on the lid beneath the recess of the strip. said plate havingbends in opptnsit'e directions at its: end, one of which bends engagesthe trout edge oi the lid, and the other bend the rear edge oi theslrip, an upstanding 1nu-forated car on the plate. and a stem carried bythe box wall and having a lateral bend. said stem being rotatable tolocate the bend tHil'OSfi the plate alongside the ear, the bend havingan aperture to register with the perforation of the ear.

in testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witneascs.

ANTON HOVORKA.

.Vitnesscs S. J. Lennon, H. G. BATOI-IELOR.

Berries ct this patent may no obtained or five cents each. by addressingthe Commissioner 01 Patentar. Washington, D. 0.

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